The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

GENESIS 15:19KJV
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Genesis 15:19 (KJV)

What does Genesis 15:19 mean?

Genesis 15:19 lists three groups—the Kenites, Kenizzites, and Kadmonites—as part of the peoples living in the land that God promises to Abram (later called Abraham). This verse is part of a longer list naming the inhabitants of the land that Abram’s descendants will one day possess.

In this passage, God is speaking directly to Abram during a vision, reassuring him about the future. The verse comes in the context of God’s covenant promise, where God describes the specific peoples who currently occupy the land that will become the inheritance of Abram’s offspring. Naming these groups shows the concrete reality of God’s promise and the scope of the land involved.

Where else these words appear

“Kenizzites” Hebrew H7074 · used in 4 verses

  • Numbers 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
  • Joshua 14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
  • Joshua 14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

“Kenites” Hebrew H7017 · used in 10 verses

  • Numbers 24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
  • Judges 4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
  • 1 Samuel 27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.